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A Speech to Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Leaders
(Photo: Matthias Lambrecht / Flickr) Friends, It is particularly humbling to return for this year's Bikini Day commemorations. Last year, Oishi Matashichi, Alson Kelsen and …
Will Greece Be Ruled by the Bankers – or Its People?
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The most central and constant dilemma in modern politics has been the choice between …
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Free Trade or Democracy, Can’t Have Both
Recent stories about the conditions of Apple's contractors in China have opened many people's eyes about where our jobs, factories, industries and economy have been going, and why. The …
Psychologists and Torture, Then and Now
History repeats itself, Marx famously warned, first as tragedy and then as farce. In the case of U.S. torture psychologists, the ” tragedy” occurred half a century ago when …
How “Drill, Baby, Drill” and “Yes We Can” Got Married
On Thursday, I requested Cindy Shogan, Executive Director of Alaska Wilderness League in Washington, D.C. about how she would respond. Following is the email statement I received from her:
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Israel’s Assassins and Tehran’s Killers (2)
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility. (Photo: Iranian President's Office via The New York Times) They are dying one by one. …
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Was Occupy’s “Shut Down the Corporations” Action a Success?
The Occupy movement's national day of action — “Shut Down the Corporations” — is a difficult action to assess. Was the action a success or a failure? The first …
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Accord Reached Settling Lawsuit Over BP Oil Spill
Abandoned, oil-soaked snare boom sits in the grass near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, August 2, 2010. (Photo: Jeff Haller / The New York Times) BP and the lawyers …
Fired Up! A Call to Boycott “Repulsive, Misogynistic” Limbaugh and His Sponsors
Rush Limbaugh is a repulsive misogynistic blowhard. By now, no one should expect more than neanderthal grunts from him. But, his radio program is owned by a syndicator, premiere, …
Tim Wise on White Resentment in a Multiracial Society
(Photo: Eric Allix Rogers / Flickr) Tim Wise: Yes, of course, although there is also a bit of a uniquely “American” twist. On the one hand, there …